R/C Model Ship of the USS Spruance built to 1/96 scale

In the beginning

The hull for this project started it's life as a CG-47 USS Ticonderoga hull from BaD Ship Models. I originally intended to build this kit as CG-52 USS Bunker Hill. After many years in storage I had a change of mind. I changed my mind and decided to build the BaD Ship Models hull as DD-963.

The following pictures are from a few years ago when I pulled the model out of storage. Sorry for the poor pictures but I gives you an idea of what I was doing. I was not happy with the model and placed it back in storage!

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A change of Mind

Back in March 06 I pulled the model out of storage yet again. A few items shifted during storage and these items ended up on my model. Because I was going to rework the model, I was not that concerned about the damage. At this point I intended to rebuild it as my DD-963, redoing the superstructure and reworking the hull a bit. I took a few pictures on that day.

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This pictures shows the model when I got it home. You can see the CG-52 I was building and The Scale Shipyard fiberglass CG-47 hull in the background.

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This picture show some of the details.

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This picture shows the running gear. This is my first attempt a making my own props... plus I reworked the struts.

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This picture shows the work I was doing on the VLS. I made my own castings for the cells. Since this is still in work, I hope to finish the details on this project.

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Here I was going through the Sirmar fittings I had.